Wordsworth's Literary Criticism

by W.J.B. Owen (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1974. Wordsworth, with Coleridge, is the major literary critic of the Romantic period. This volume assembles all of Wordsworth’s formal critical writings and a selection of critical comments from his correspondence. These documents are invaluable for Romantic poetry at large, and his theories — particularly on poetic diction, ordinary language and the nature of the creative process — inspired lively critical debate. This book discusses the nature and origin of Wordsworth’s criticism in general, and the literary tradition from which they sprang. The texts are succinctly annotated and there is a select bibliography. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317226208
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/2016
Series:	RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	583 KB

About the Author

W. J. B. Owen

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Preface, W. J. B. Owen; Preface, W. J. B. Owen; Introduction, W. J. B. Owen; Chapter 1 Preface to The Borderers, William Wordsworth; Chapter 2 Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth; Chapter 3 Preface and Appendix to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth; Chapter 4 Note to ‘The Thorn’, William Wordsworth; Chapter 5 Letter to Charles James Fox, William Wordsworth; Chapter 6 Letter to John Wilson, William Wordsworth; Chapter 7 Letter to Lady Beaumont, William Wordsworth; Chapter 8 Letter to S. T. Coleridge, William Wordsworth; Chapter 9 Essays upon Epitaphs, William Wordsworth; Chapter 10 Preface to The Excursion, William Wordsworth; Chapter 11 Preface of 1815, William Wordsworth; Chapter 12 Essay, Supplementary to the Preface, William Wordsworth; Chapter 13 Letter to Catherine Clarkson, William Wordsworth;